Publications
RCN publications cover a wide range of topics varying from clinical guidance to employment relations issues to advice on bullying. To reproduce RCN publications please complete the copyright request form and we’ll be in touch.
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12 May 2017
Safe and Effective Staffing: the Real Picture
Publication Code : 006195This report provides an important contribution to the conversation on nurse staffing levels and to patient safety in health care. It contains two new datasets: assessments by Directors of Nursing of the state of the UK’s health systems and its workforce, and data on nurse staff vacancies in Trusts in England specifically.
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27 Apr 2017
RCN Respect Charter
Publication Code : 006214The RCN Respect Charter outlines how all RCN stakeholders including staff, members and customers, regardless of their role, must approach working with each other at all times.
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25 Apr 2017
Nursing through time
Publication Code : 005736Nursing through time is a series of 12 cards which chart developments in nursing from the last 150 years, using key facts and historical images, many taken from the RCN archives.
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24 Apr 2017
RCN Council’s report to members on Congress 2016
Publication Code : 006022This report details the wide range of work, across all four countries of the UK, which hastaken place as a result of the debates in Glasgow last year.
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13 Apr 2017
Annual Report 2016
Publication Code : 005871Combined RCN Group annual report and consolidated financial accounts for year ended 31 December 2016.
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12 Dec 2016
Standards for Infusion Therapy
Publication Code : 005 704*This edition is currently under review, please use with caution.* This updated edition includes sections which reflect changes in the delivery or commissioning of care since this guidance was last published in 2010. It features dedicated sections on patient safety and quality and patient experiences of infusion therapy. There is also a new section on service development, reflecting the role of commissioning in IV therapy and the continued development of outpatient/home parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPHAT) services.
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28 Nov 2016
Nursing staff using personal mobile phones for work purposes
Publication Code : 005705This updated publication focuses on the RCN's position on nursing staff using their own mobile phone for work-related purposes, drawing attention to issues such as: employer's policy; security and confidentiality of patient information; staff safety; and cost implications.
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18 Nov 2016
Valuing older workers
Publication Code : 005696A 10 step action plan for working in partnership to create a learning culture that supports staff who work later in life
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21 Oct 2016
The UK nursing labour market review 2016
Publication Code : 005779This is the 2016 report providing a review of the UK nursing labour market, looking at recent data and trends for nursing staff working in the health sector across the UK, drawing out differences, similarities and challenges across the four UK countries.
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30 Sep 2016
Agency nursing under the microscope
Publication Code : 005801The RCN and HCL Nursing explore the dependence on agency nursing in the UK and the view of agency nurses themselves.
